The Lateral and Final Placements for the PGP class of 2017-19 of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) saw 488 offers, leading to all 411 students who appeared for placements being placed over two interview days.

Professor Ganesh N Prabhu, Chair, Career Development Services, IIM Bangalore, said: “Sought-after recruiters participated in the final placements with better offers than in the earlier years.”

Newton Bishoyi, Student Placement Representative, said: “IIMB has seen a diverse set of new recruiters this time. Strategy consulting and finance continue to be the most sought-after roles followed by general management and marketing.”

In addition, there were 20 offers in the Technology consulting domain with PricewaterhouseCoopers making the maximum of 12 offers followed by Larsen and Toubro Infotech Consulting (4), Thoucentric (2), Accenture Technology (1) and Cognizant Consulting (1).

Conglomerates recruited for their leadership tracks, making 40 offers in general management, with Adani Group leading with 7 offers followed by Tata Administrative Services (6), Aditya Birla Group (6), Vedanta (5), RPG Group (4), CK Birla Group (3), Wipro Global (2), Jindal (2), Mahindra Group (2), Reliance (2) and Lodha Group (1). In addition, there were 23 offers in General Management roles by Genpact (6), Sterlite Power (4), Capgemini (4), Udaan (3), Renew Power (2), Tata Sky (2) and Microland (2).